From
Proto-Turkic
*t?y-
,
*d?y-
(
“
uncle
”
)
. Cognate with
Old Turkic
[script needed]
(
tay, tagay
)
.
- IPA
(
key
)
:
[d??j?]
- Hyphenation:
da?yı
dayı
(
definite accusative
dayını
,
plural
dayılar
)
- maternal uncle
, one's mother's brother
- Coordinate terms:
bibi
(
maternal aunt
)
,
?mi
(
paternal uncle
)
,
xala
(
paternal aunt
)
dayı
- maternal uncle
, brother of mother
- IPA
(
key
)
:
/d?j?/
,
[d???j?]
- Hyphenation:
da?yı
From
Ottoman Turkish
????
(
dayı
)
, from
Proto-Turkic
*t?y
,
*d?j-
(
“
uncle
”
)
.
dayı
(
definite accusative
dayıyı
,
plural
dayılar
)
- maternal uncle
, one's mother's brother
- (
informal
)
macho
, a man exhibiting extreme behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a male
- (
historical
)
dey
From
Proto-Turkic
*daja-gu
.
dayı
- (
dialectal
)
good
,
nice